No Heroes

I served in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. I share that experience reluctantly, and then only with other veterans.

I don't know if I speak for all Vietnam vets, but before we get too carried away with this period of "national healing," there's something I think should be said.

First of all, we don't need your forgiveness. The North Vietnamese, with the help of our media, defeated the American public, not the American soldier. Secondly, don't make heroes of the Vietnam era protesters in this country. We remember their efforts as much pro-Hanoi and anti-American as anti-war.

If indeed these "heroes" were anti-war, let them harvest rice in Cambodia instead of coffee in Nicaragua.